Collection Inventory

Series I.General History, 1891-ca. 1980

Scope and Content Notes:

This series contains a number of secondary sources about the history of Carnegie Steel Company and its Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, and Homestead plants. These sources include articles, academic papers, biographies, dissertations, and timelines describing the evolution of Pittsburgh's steel industry, leaders such as Andrew Carnegie and Charles Schwab, notable events like the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the chronology of ownership of the Homestead Works. This series also contains programs and memorabilia from public tours of the Homestead and Edgar Thomson Works. These tours focused on the history of the plants and the history of the steel making processes. This series also includes a United States Steel Gold bond and information regarding the Irvin Case looked into by the Truman Committee Investigation. The General History series also includes a quantity of primary source material from the early years of The Carnegie Steel Company such as correspondence, annual reports, check rolls, safety regulation booklets, and production statistics. Later material includes agreements between Carnegie Steel / U.S. Steel and unions (1934-1977), a warning to management about "Summer Work-In" student agitators (1960s), and various memorabilia dating from the World War II era until the 1980s.

An addition of materials were made to this collection and added on to this series.

Subseries 1.Secondary Sources

Box 1

Folder

1

Articles, essays and papers about the history of the Edgar Thomson Works

Folder

2

Articles, essays and papers about the history of the Carnegie Steel Company

Folder

3

Articles, essays and papers about the history of the Duquesne Works

Folder

4

Exhibition catalog and excerpts from books about Homestead History

Folder

5

National Park Service,
Homestead Steel Works and Carrie Furnaces Homestead, Pennsylvania: Inventory of Historic Structures and Their Significance (Draft)

Folder

6

Short histories, articles and exhibition catalogs about Homestead Works

Folder

7

Congressional Investigation into employment of Pinkerton Service during strike of 1892. U.S. House Reports vol. 3. No. 2447-2621, 1892-1893. (copy)

Folder

8

Homestead Strike of 1892, Dissertation by J. Bernard Hogy of University of Chicago, 1943 (photocopy from microfilm)

Folder

9

Chronologies of Edgar Thomson and Homestead Works

Folder

10

Short Biographies of Andrew Carnegie; Ralph H. Watson, Vice President of U.S. Steel 1930-1946; Charles M. Schwab; and William J. Gaughan

Folder

11

Statistics about African-American Employment 1910-1920

Folder

12

Pittsburgh Dispatch (Articles about Homestead Strike), July 12, 1892

Folder

13

Newspaper and magazine clippings about history of Pittsburgh steelmaking

Subseries 2.Steel Mill Tours

Folder

14

Program from Edgar Thomson Works Public Visiting Day, October 1936

Folder

15

Materials from Homestead Works Open House, October 15-17, 1947

Folder

16

Materials from International Visitors Tour, August 7, 1981

Folder

17

Materials from Secondary Century of Steel Making Tour, April 24, 1981

Folder

18

Materials from Cub Scout Tour, 1983

Subseries 3.Early Primary Sources and Homestead Works Memorabilia

Folder

19

Pamphlets, booklets and programs from U.S. Steel, Carnegie Steel and Homestead Works for events, public relations, and industrial concerns, 1900-1992

Folder

20

Pamphlets, booklets and programs from U.S Steel, Carnegie Steel and Homestead Works for events, public relations and industrial concerns, 1900-1992

Handbook of Terms Commonly Used in Steel and Nonferrous Industries, 1953

Folder

17

Production and Performance Report from Homestead District Works, 1950

Folder

18

"Talk Piece to be Uses in Connection with Acquainting Members of Management with Problems of 'Summer Work-in,'" 1960s

Folder

19

Pamphlets about production and products from Alan Wood Steel Company, Coshohocken, PA

Folder

20

Copy of U.S. Steel Corporation Gold Bond, ca. 1920

Folder

21

Copy of Medal Issued to National Guard during 1892 Strike

Folder

22

Miscellaneous memorabilia from Pittsburgh steel industry

Folder

23

Miscellaneous World War II memorabilia from Homestead Works

Folder

24

Miscellaneous notes and papers from office of William J. Gaughan

Folder

25

Materials from collection duplicated and mounted for 1995 exhibit

Volume

1

Production statistics 140" mill, 1905

Subseries 4.Topical

Box 40

Folder

1-3

History of Homestead

Folder

4

Homestead Business

Folders

5-7

Battle of Homestead Foundation

Folder

8

Order Forms, 1976

Folder

9

Metallurgical Department

Folder

10

General Plan Layout-History of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation Plants Pittsburgh District

Folder

11

Walsh Bridge

Folder

12

Duquesne Works

Folder

13

Clairton Coke Works

Folder

14

Mon Valley

Folder

15

Management Club, 1969

Folder

16

Founders of the Superintendant Club

Folder

31

Irvin case/Truman Committee Investigation, 1943

Folder

35

Monongahela Morning- Draft Proposal

Box 40

Folder

33

United States Steel Gold Bond

Series II.Armor Production, 1887-1961

Scope and Content Notes:

The Armor Production Series contains material documenting the production, testing, and sale of armor at the Homestead Works, with the majority of documents pertaining to armor production for military use during World War II. Files in this series include reports about metallurgy tests from 1894 and 1912; government publications and studies from World War I and World War II; and correspondence between Homestead management and the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.

Box 3

Folder

1

Government reports, circulars and statements about armor production, 1887-1904

The files in this series primarily illustrate the processes and decisions involved in implementing computer systems at the Homestead Works to track and chart progress in all areas of steel production and sales.

Hard Hat, United States Conference of Mayors Visit to Pittsburgh, June 10, 1979

Hard hat worn by William J. Gaughan during the United States Conference of Mayors Visit to Pittsburgh.

Box 36

Item

1-2

U.S.S. Banners

Box 37

Item

1-2

U.S.S. Gold Cufflinks, 25 Years of Service

Item

3

U.S.S. Tie Clip , 25 Years of Service

Item

4

Silver Tie Clip, Big Shop Homestead Works

Item

5

Delegate Medal, District 15 Conference, April 29-30, 1960

Item

6

Carnegie Steel Police Badge

Item

7

Carnegie 45 Steel Co. Badge

Item

8

Homestead Parking Token

Item

9

U.S.S. Zippo Lighter

Item

10

U.S.S. Employee ID Card

William J. Gaughan's employee ID card indicating his employment as part of the Metallurgical Department of the Homestead Works and his ability to access all parts of the Works.

Item

11

Management Club Membership Card, Homestead Works

Item

12

Business Card Case

Business card case indicating William J. Gaughan's position of Senior Designer, Operations Planning and Control for the United States Steel Corporation, Homestead Works and personal cards used by Gaughan to represent his role of Consultant Lecturer Historian.

This series contains items relating to the efficient and safe production of steel at the Homestead Works. Specific topics include basic and integral operations of the steel mill and the planning associated with maintaining high levels of production in the steel industry. Records in this series describe the production of various products including steel sheets, bearings, and beams and their sale. Also included is material relating to employee training and safety; items illustrating the effect of strikes on mill production; and the transfer of responsibility for effective mill operations from the accounting department to a specialized production-planning department in the 1950s.

Subseries 1.Production -- General

Folder

21

"Bibliography of Sheet and Strip Mills for Committee on Construction," Homestead Works, 1935

Report on "Proposed Transfer of Production Planning Responsibilities from the Accounting Department Mill Clerical Units to the Production Planning Department," Homestead Works, February 6, 1953

Folder

19

Material Related to Proposed Transfer to Production Planning Responsibilities from the Accounting Department, 1952-1960

Subseries 4.Safety

Folder

20

Safety Supervisors Conference, 1955

Folder

21

Miscellaneous Safety Materials, 1957-1982

Folder

22

Accident Report, 1985

Folder

23

Emergency Operations Alerting Procedure

Subseries 5.Strikes -- Production Shutdown and Startup

Folder

24

Temporary Shutdown of Open Hearth #2, August 1945

Folder

25

Start-up data for Open Hearth #2, 1946

Folder

26

Four Day Open Hearth Division Operation Plan, 1949

Folder

27

Shutdown data, 1959

Folder

28

Open Hearth vacation analysis, 1947-1948

Folder

29

Employee Reallocation during Open Hearth #2 Shutdown, July 3, 1949

Folder

30

Employee Reallocation during Open Hearth #3 Shutdown, July 3, 1949

Folder

31

Employee Reallocation during Open Hearth #4 Shutdown, July 3, 1949

Folder

32

Employee Reallocation during Open Hearth #5 Shutdown, July 3, 1949

Folder

33

Shutdown Preparation for Strike, 1959

Folder

34

Startup Operations for Strike, 1959

Folder

35

Miscellaneous, 1959

Series V.Management, ca. 1930-1983

Scope and Content Notes:

This series documents various management concerns including personnel supervision, worker assistance, and worker negotiations. The contents also include directories and organization charts that illustrate management hierarchies and miscellaneous correspondence written to and from managing personnel.

Subseries 1.Management -- General

Folder

36

Visit to South Works and Gary Plants, 1941

Folder

37

Personnel Memos and Correspondence, 1951-1959

Folder

38

Homestead Works Personnel Transfers from Mill Clerical to Production Planning, April 1953

Folder

39

Miscellaneous personnel directories

Box 6

Folder

1

Union/Management meetings, Homestead Works, 1959-1961

Folder

2

Strike Timeline, 1946-1955

Folder

3

Management Information and Control Systems, Homestead Works, July 1, 1965

This series is organized by format rather than subject. Most materials in this series are publications or official reports produced by The U.S. Steel Corporation regarding topics including accident prevention, steel products, employee appraisal procedures, steel making methods, anti-trust legislation, annual reports, and U.S. Steel advertising. Other materials relate to various aspects of general steel production or, more specifically, steel production in Pittsburgh.

This series contains material donated by William J. Gaughan in 1999. These materials include information about the 12,000 ton press, brief facts about steel making processes, and a map of The Homestead Works prepared by the National Park Service in 1965.

Folder

1

12,000 ton Press Information

Folder

2

List of Homestead Steel Company Achievements by Date

Folder

3

Map of Homestead District Works Prepared by National Park Service (copy), 1965

Series VIII.Maps, Plans and Charts, 1903-ca. 1970

Scope and Content Notes:

Contained in this series are maps and plans of Carnegie Steel and U.S. Steel properties, blue prints of mills, drawings of equipment, and statistical charts of products made at Homestead between 1935 and 1964. Materials too large for folders are stored in an oversize box (box 8). Related materials can also be found in Series XII.

Folder

4

Homestead Works Plant Maps, undated

Folder

5

Homestead Works Plant Maps, undated

Folder

6

"Information Complied for Organization Committee, Carnegie-Steel Corporation; Includes Plant Layout, Working Force, Equipment, and Procedure for the Plate and Structural Finishing Mills," March 21, 1939

Folder

7

Map Showing Properties of U.S. Steel Corporation (copy), 1903

Folder

8

Miscellaneous Blueprints of U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, 1952

Folder

9

Reference Drawings of Water Gauge, Edgar Thomson Works, undated

Folder

10

Miscellaneous Maps and Plans

Map-case 12

Drawer

1

Plant Maps, Homestead Works, 1928-1944 (8.0 items)

Box 8

Folder

1

Product Statistics, 1935-1964 (29.0 items)

Product statistics for the Homestead District Works organized according by month.

Folder

2

Product Statistics , 1937-1952 (16.0 items)

Working copies of product statistics for the Homestead District Works organized by month .

Folder

3

Plans for Edgar Thomson Steel Works and Blast Furnaces (copy), 1890

Folder

4

Edgar Thomson Works Rolling Mill, practice development of sections from Ingot to Finished Product

Folder

5

Bloom and Structural Charts, Homestead District Works (11 charts), undated

Folder

6

Defense Plant Layout (2 plans), ca. 1943

Folder

7

General plan of Works showing course for visitors to follow through Mill (4 plans), 1912

Series IX.Negatives, 1941-ca. 1974

Scope and Content Notes:

The Negative Series consists of nearly 21,000 negatives, the majority being 4 x 5 negatives, taken between 1941-1974. The negatives depict both plant and community activity. Captured in these images are plant machinery, workers, strikes, safety and accident concerns, and social activities. Employees are depicted on the job and in their roles in family and community life. These negatives also contain images of World War II production, morale campaigns in the mill, and female employees during the war.

Box

8a

Negatives, 1941-1944

Box

9

Negatives, 1944-1945

Box

10

Negatives, 1946-1947

Box

11

Negatives, 1948-1949

Box

12

Negatives, 1949-1950

Box

13

Negatives, 1950-1951

Box

14

Negatives, 1952-1953

Box

15

Negatives, 1954-1955

Box

16

Negatives, 1955-1958

Box

17

Negatives, 1959-1963

Box

18

Negatives, 1964-1970

Box

19

Negatives and miscellaneous, 1971-1974

Box

20

Negatives of personnel photos

Series X.Photographic Prints, ca. 1890-ca. 1980

Scope and Content Notes:

The Photographic Print Series consists primarily of 8x10 photographs produced from the negatives in Series IX, either for original Carnegie Steel or U.S. Steel use or for research use in the archives. Some prints in this series are the only copies available of images taken prior to 1941. Prints in this series are grouped in folders according to subject and are loosely separated into the following five categories: Steel Production and Plant Operations; Management and Worker Social Activities; Miscellaneous; Photograph Albums; Oversize Prints (of q size). Of particular interest in the miscellaneous category are photocopies containing William J. Gaughan's commentaries and descriptions of accompanying photographs.

Subseries 1.Steel Production and Plant Operations

Box 21

Folder

1

External Views of Homestead Works

Folder

2

Internal Views of Edgar Thomson Works

Folder

3

Open Hearth Slags

Folder

4

Open Hearth Description

Folder

5

Open Hearth #1

Folder

6

Open Hearth #2

Folder

7

Open Hearth #3

Folder

8

Open Hearth #4

Folder

9

Open Hearth #4

Folder

10

Open Hearth #5

Folder

11

Open Hearth Various

Folder

12

Blast Furnace

Folder

13

Carrie Furnace

Folder

14

Carrie Furnace #4

Folder

15

Carrie Furnaces, Various Numbers

Folder

16

32" Mill

Folder

17

35" Structural Mill

Folder

18

44" Mill

Folder

19

52" Mill

Folder

19

54" Mill

Folder

21

100" Mill

Folder

22

110" Mill

Folder

23

140" Mill

Folder

24

160" Mill

Folder

25

Structural Mill, Various

Folder

26

Structural Mill, 1926-1927

Folder

27

Centralized Shipping

Folder

28

Various Shops

Folder

29

Weld Shop

Folder

30

Machine Shop

Folder

31

Boiler Shop

Folder

32

Saw Shop

Folder

33

Howard Axle Works

Folder

34

Schoen Wheel and Axle Works, McKees Rocks, PA

Folder

35

Wheel and Axle Division

Folder

36

Testing Machines

Folder

37

Ingot Production and Shaping

Folder

38

Homestead Tie Plant

Folder

39

Metallurgical and Production Planning

Folder

40

Metallurgical Lab Photos

Folder

41

Heat Treating and Forge Maintenance

Folder

42

Forge Division

Folder

43

Presses

Folder

44

Outstanding Safety Record: Power and Fuel Division

Folder

45

Saw Shop: Structural Division Outstanding Safety Record

Folder

46

Safety Campaigns

Folder

47

"Zero Defects" campaign

Folder

48

World War II Years

Folder

49

World War II Years

Folder

50

Navy "E" Awards

Folder

51

Armor Ballistic Tests

Folder

52

Korean War

Box 22

Folder

1

Steel Design and Engineering Seminar, April 27-28, 1961

Folder

2

Steel Production Conference, 1957

Folder

3

Clearance Conference, Homestead, November 1950

Subseries 2.Management and Worker Social Activities

Folder

4

Various Presentations and Awards

Folder

5

Steamer Trophy at McKees Rocks Bank, August 1950

Folder

6

Photos of Management Golf Tournament, 1937

Folder

7

Superintendent Club Golf Part, Edgewood Country Club, 1948

Folder

8

McIlvried Golf Party, Smith Hills, July 18, 1950

Folder

9

McIlvried Golf Party, South Hills Country Club, August 14, 1951

Folder

10

McIlvried 1951 Cup Tournament score card

Folder

11

Homestead-Youngstown Division Superintendents Golf Parties, various

Folder

12

J.A. Hagan Cup Tournament Poster

Folder

13

H.G. McIlvried's Party for Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents at Edgewood Country Club, July 21, 1949

Folder

14

Superintendent party, Webster Hall, February 1954

Folder

15

H.G. McIlvried

Folder

16

Accounting Department Supervisory Group, January 30, 1947

Folder

17

Softball Champs, Supervisor's Picnic, June 1950

Folder

18

Supervisors Corn Roast, September 1950

Folder

19

Spring Dance Supervisor's Club

Folder

20

Supervisor's Club Party, Bill Greens, January 1950

Folder

21

Supervisor's Club Party, Bill Greens, March 29, 1950

Folder

22

Supervisor's Club Installation of Officers, Webster Hall, February 1954

Map of Braddock and North Braddock showing the location of the field of Battle, July 9, 1755. Based upon maps made by Pat Mackeller, Engineer with Braddock's army (battle located by Sydney Dillon, Chief Engineer at Edgar Thomson Works), undated

The Manufacture and Properties of Iron and Steel by Harry Campbell, 1907

Item

3

Romancing in Tin Plate by Roy Rutherford, 1951

Item

4

The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel 8th Edition by United States Steel, 1964

Item

5

The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel 7th edition by United States Steel, 1957

Item

6

Steel Serves the Nation by United States Steel, 1951

Item

7

The Making of Steel by American Iron and Steel Institute, 1964

Item

8

From Fire to Rust by Thomas E. Leary and Elizabeth C. Sholes, 1987

Item

9

One Billion Dollars in Progress, ca. 1964

Folder 1

Item

10-14

Romance of Steel Information Pamphlets, 1956-1961

Folder 2

Item

13-18

United States Steel Company Pamphlets, 1961-1970

Folder 3

Item

19

United States Steel Coporation Annual Report, 1966

Folder 4

Item

20

Carnegie Works Essay by Theodore Dreiser, 1980

Folder 5

Item

21-22

Iron Age Magazines, 1976-1980

Folder 6

Item

23

Pittsburgh Magazine, June 1992

Folder 7

Item

24

Art Catalog, 1986-1987

Folder 8

Item

25

Furnace Poetry, 1993

Series XIII.Ephemera

Scope and Content Notes:

This series contains materials that were added to the collection in 2012. This addition consists of badges, buttons, various United States Steel promotional items, metal samples, items used by Gaughan in the course of his employment, and books detailing the United State Steel the Homestead Strike. Also included are two Carnegie Steel Police badges.

Box

33-34, 36-39

Ephemera

Series XIV.Personal

Scope and Content Notes:

The Personal series consists of items used for research and projects as well as correspondence and other papers of interest.

Box 40

Folders

17-25

Correspondence

Correspondence relating to William J. Gaughan's contributions of photographs or expertise in publications.

Folder

26

Trail Marker Homestead, 1999

Folder

27

Braddock's Crossing Trail and War

Folder

28

Boy Scouts

Folders

29-30

Research Materials on William Dickson

Folder

32

Personnel File, 1962-1983

Personnell file providing a history of William J. Gaughan's duties within United States Steel Corporation.